Nokia Laser: a flagship Lumia Windows Phone for Verizon — Verizon is planning to stock a high-end Nokia Lumia phone this year. Sources familiar with Verizon's plans have revealed to The Verge that the US carrier will offer a device that has similar specifications to Nokia's current Lumia 920.

First Video Clip of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs — Following yesterday's news that the independent film JOBS starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs will open in theaters on April 19, ETonline.com has released the first video clip from the film. The brief clip shows Kutcher as Jobs speaking with Josh Gad in the role of Steve Wozniak.

Square COO Keith Rabois Departs Company — In a major exec departure, Square COO Keith Rabois will be leaving the company the San Francisco payments company. — Square gave no other information about the sudden management change, but sources said disagreements between Rabois and CEO …

Lenovo Mulls RIM Deal as a Way to Boost Mobile Business — Lenovo Group Ltd. (992) is assessing potential acquisition targets and strategic alliances, including a deal with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), as the second-largest producer of personal computers tries to bolster its mobile-device business.

German court rules internet “essential” — (Reuters) - A German court ruled on Thursday that people have the right to claim compensation from service providers if their Internet access is disrupted, because the Internet is an “essential” part of life. — The Federal Court of Justice …

Vine hands-on: Twitter's game-changing take on social video — It's fast, it's noisy, and it's going to be everywhere — This morning, we finally got our hands on Vine, Twitter's video-sharing app. It's a lot of fun to play with, and helps users avoid many of the pitfalls of shooting amateur video.

Mark Zuckerberg Will Hold Fundraiser For Chris Christie — The tech mogul and his wife “admire [Christie's] leadership on education reform and other issues and look forward to continuing their important work together on behalf of Newark's schoolchildren,” a spokesperson tells BuzzFeed.

A Free Database of the Entire Web May Spawn the Next Google — Common Crawl supplies a database of over five billion Web pages in the hope that it will inspire new research or online services. — Why It Matters — A freely available copy of billions of Web pages could create competition for established giants such as Google.